Ruling · Rāsayātrā · 1911

Monday 6 November

Determinatein Puning, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 13 minutes.

Decide it for

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The two nights

One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Niśītha is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.

Night of Sunday 5 November

Pūrṇimā is absent from niśītha. Not taken.

niśītha begins 23:35  00:23 niśītha ends
22:4723:1123:3523:5900:2300:4701:11

0 of 48 minutes covered

Night of Monday 6 November

Taken. The only night Pūrṇimā reaches.

niśītha begins 23:35  00:23 niśītha ends
Pūrṇimā ends 23:47:54
22:4723:1123:3523:5900:2300:4701:11

13 of 48 minutes covered, the first 13

Pūrṇimā presentNiśītha, the window the rule readsThe instant the tithi begins or ends

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Pūrṇimā runs from 02:16 on Mon 6 Nov to 23:48 on Mon 6 Nov.

    1911-11-05T18:16:15Z → 1911-11-06T15:47:55Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Niśītha is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight: 23:35–00:23 on the 5th, 23:35–00:23 on the 6th.

    nishita: midnight-pm-1-ghatika · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′

  3. 03

    Rule

    Pūrṇimā must be present during niśītha. It covers 0 of 48 minutes on the 5th and 13 of 48 on the 6th.

    Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 104

  4. 04

    Tie-break

    Only one night qualifies. No tie-break is needed.

    priority: paraviddha → only-day · margin 765 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Rāsayātrā, Puning, 1911: Monday 6 November.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Puning, Rāsayātrā 1911 falls on Monday 6 November. Pūrṇimā runs from 02:16 on Mon 6 Nov to 23:48 on Mon 6 Nov and covers 13 of 48 minutes of niśītha that night.

ahargana.org/puning/festivals/1911/rasayatra · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingMon 6 Nov
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionMon 6 Nov
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileMon 6 Nov
No institution has a recorded ruling for Puning.

Institutional rulings are recorded with a source address, and are never edited to agree.

The rule, as data

/rules/rasayatra · ruleset 2026.3-draft

Month
Kārtika, amānta
Pakṣa · aṅga
Śukla · Pūrṇimā
Kāla
Niśītha
Priority
Paraviddhā
Tie-break
Second day
Reference
CRC 1955, p. 104

“S 15 Rasayatra, (nisithavyapini, i.e. covering a period from 24 minutes before to 24 minutes after midnight. If occurs on two days or does not occur on any day, it is to be observed on the second day), Puskar Fair. Ratha yatra (Jain), Tripurotsava (evening), Kedara vrata (Orissa), Kartiki purnima.” Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 104.

The same rule, elsewhere

Twelve places, west to east. Local clock times.

PlacePūrṇimāNiśītha 5thCoveredNiśītha 6thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles10:16 → 07:4823:1348 min23:130 min5 Nov
Chicago12:16 → 09:4823:1148 min23:110 min5 Nov
Jersey City13:16 → 10:4823:1648 min23:160 min5 Nov
Port of Spain14:16 → 11:4823:2648 min23:260 min5 Nov
London18:16 → 15:4823:2148 min23:210 min5 Nov
Durban20:16 → 17:4823:1548 min23:150 min5 Nov
Dubai21:57 → 19:2923:2048 min23:200 min5 Nov
Delhi23:46 → 21:1823:4143 min23:410 min5 Nov
Kolkata23:46 → 21:1822:560 min22:560 min6 Nov
Singapore01:16 → 22:4823:240 min23:240 min6 Nov
Sydney04:16 → 01:4823:150 min23:1548 min6 Nov
Suva06:11 → 03:4323:210 min23:2148 min6 Nov
Profile · tradition
pac-rp@2026.1 · smarta
Rule
rasayatra@2026.3-draft
Engine · kernel
0.1.0 · de440 7eef…ea74
Boundary margin
300 s

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